Disclaimer: i do not own vampire knight or its characters, i only own Ayaka, Shuhei, Ragan and the random minor characters that will probably be killed off within sentences of being introduced lol.

Chapter 2

"She's like a bottomless pit" Kain said with a classic WTF expression on his face as all of the food set out on the tables quickly disappeared.

"Is she even chewing that?" Aidou asked, astounded.

"My sister doesn't eat food, she inhales it" Shuhei replied casually as he took a bite out of his own sandwich.

"I disagree strongly with that" Ayaka said as she threw herself down on the sofa next to her brother. "If I inhaled it how would it get to my stomach?"

"No doubt you'd find a way" Shuhei answered as his sister jammed another sandwich into her mouth.

"I wonder how she can eat all of that and not gain any weight" Aidou whispered to his cousin. He yelped as Ayaka kicked him out of his seat and over the back of the furniture onto the floor.

"I heard that baka" she said as she stood over him. He rolled out of the way before she could hit him again and jumped to his feet.

"What the hell's wrong with you? All I did was ask my cousin a question!"

"If it was such an innocent question why did you have to whisper it?!" Ayaka shouted back.

"Because you didn't need to hear it!"

"Do you know where you're staying?" Kain asked Shusei, ignoring the shouting behind them.

"I think Kuran said that I was moving in with you and Hanabusa-san, while Ayaka is going with someone called Rima, please tell me that's not going to be a disaster waiting to happen," Shuhei said , he threw his sister an annoyed look as a ham sandwich splattered against the back of sofa right next to his head.

"It should be okay" Kain said as he moved as far away from the argument as posible, "Rima pretty much keeps to herself; just be thankful that she's not sharing with..."

"Will you two just shut up?!!! I'm trying to get some sleep!!!"

"...Ruka" Kain finished as the mentioned she-vampire came storming into the room.

"What the hell?! This doesn't have anything to do with you!" Ayaka turned on her instantly, when she started an argument it was hard for her to stop, so when she was finished with one person she often turned to another.

"That is enough" Ruka stopped her reply immediately as Kaname walked in behind her, "perhaps it would be best if you all went to bed now." Ruka nodded meekly and walked back the way she had come, not before throwing Ayaka a dark look. Kain sighed and got to his feet, Aido followed his cousin quickly out of the room, but not before hesitating a moment as he looked quickly between Ayaka and Kaname.

"Ayaka" Shuhei said when his sister refused to move, she hissed threateningly at the pureblood before turning on her heels and stomping after the others.

"Shimizu-san, did you already forget that conversation we had less than an hour ago?" Kaname asked calmly as Shuhei turned to leave for his room.

"I did not forget, if I stopped all of Ayaka's arguments in the beginning then later they would be even worse, its best if she gets it all out early. It won't take her long to settle in."

"I told you to keep her in check" Kaname replied coldly, anyone that walked into the room at that moment would have been rendered breathless by the atmosphere coming off of the powerful vampires.

"She has done nothing to disturb the day class; besides, neither of us take kindly to being bullied by the likes of you purebloods," Shuhei's sentence finished in a growl as he started down the other vampire.

"Watch yourself, Shuhei Shimizu-san, you may be nearly as powerful as a pureblood on your own, but unlike me the only ally that you have behind you is your sister." Without another word Kaname walked out of the room; Shuhei waited until he was completely alone before he turned and leapt out of one of the open windows and into the trees next to it. He scrambled down the canopy and settled on one of the lower branches. He rested his head against the trunk and breathed out through his teeth; it had been a long time since they had seen each other, and the time space had made Shuhei forget how much that particular pureblood pissed him off.

"I've got to be more careful" he said to himself quietly.

"Do you think any of them will still be awake Mimi?"

"I don't know but it's worth checking, this is the best time to take the photos, those prefects won't be expecting anyone around at this time in the morning." Shuhei frowned as he peered through the thin leaves. The two day class girls were sitting against the tree right beneath him, completely oblivious to his presence.

"OUCH!" One of the girls yelped as she brushed her hand against the ground.

"What's wrong Aiko?" Mimi asked as she leaned over to help.

"There must be some glass or something in the leaves" the injured girl replied as she held up a bleeding finger.

"Damn it, I'd better get out of here" Shuhei rose quietly to his feet as the scent of the girl's blood reached his nose. He was about to leap to the next tree when there was a stabbing pain in his chest; he snarled and instead of leaping away he tumbled backwards off of the branch, landing millimetres away from the bleeding girl.

"Oh my God!" Both girls shouted as they sat and starred at the silver hair eighteen year old quivering on the ground beside them. "H-hey? Are you okay?" The braver girl, the one called Mimi, asked tentatively as Shuhei started breathing harshly. Before he could reply he choked and retched violently. The two girls started to back away fearfully as crimson blood splattered across the leaves, adding to the orange and yellow of the early fallen leaves. He clutched his chest painfully as he continued to cough up blood, he grabbed his hair and turned his face away as the smell of the girls blood came to him, even stronger than before.

"Get... Away..." He hissed as he tried to crawl away from them. "G-get Kaien... sama..."

"W-wh-who?"

"Headmaster... Cross..." He heard the girls sprinting away, taking the scent of blood with them. Carefully he tried to reach in his pocket, but before his hand was half way there he coughed violently, coating his white uniform in red blood. He wasn't sure how long he sat there with a piercing pain in his chest, but after what felt like years he heard Cross run up and kneel down beside him, ignoring the blood as he held Shuhei's shoulder.

"Shuhei-kun! That medicine of yours, where is it!?"

"P-po-pocket..." Shuhei coughed weakly as Cross reached into the pocket of the vampire's once white blazer and pulled out a vial of blue liquid. Shuhei grabbed it and drank the contents as quickly as possible, ignoring the vile taste as the pain in his chest receded. Cross helped him shakily to his feet, the older man pulled Shuhei's arm over his shoulders and supported his weight as he lead him through the school, taking hidden routes so as to avoid alarming the day class students.

"What on earth possessed you to fall out of a tree right in front of a couple of day class students?!" Cross asked half an hour later as he and Yagari sat in the Headmaster's office, facing the young vampire who even after drinking two cups of water with blood tablets still looked anything but healthy.

"Sorry about that, next time I'll jump down gracefully and announce myself before I start dying on the ground shall I?" Shuhei replied in a bout of sarcasm that was proof that he was Ayaka's twin after all.

"I'd forgotten how grumpy you get after you have one of those coughing fits" Cross replied as Yagari passed him another glass of water. Shuhei drank all of it before he started talking again.

"Did any of the other vampires notice?" He asked.

"No, those spells that block the scent are still working wonders" Yagari replied, "don't worry about those girls either, we've already erased their memories." Shuhei sighed in relief and stood up.

"I'm going to go back now."

"Shuhei-kun" Yargari said, Shuhei turned towards him, "how long are you going to keep this from Ayaka-chan?"

"Toga-sama, please don't tell her, I don't want her to know." Without another word Shuhei left the room.

OOO

"Err, hi" Ayaka said as she walked into the room and towards the empty bed that was obviously meant for her, "I'm Ayaka."

"Rima." Her roommate stayed quiet as Ayaka started unpacking the little luggage that she had and placing it around her side of the room. Something that she was thankful for, she really wasn't in the mood to talk.

"Do you like Aido?" Ayaka nearly fell over at the unexpected question.

"Wh-what?!! NO! He's a stubborn, rude, impolite, bratty, handsome..."

"Handsome?" Rima asked with a surprised expression on her face.

"Huh? N-no! I DIDN'T SAY THAT!!!" Ayaka turned away as her face turned bright pink, maybe this wouldn't go so well after all.

OOO

The town was busy with late afternoon workers as Mimi walked down the path, the angry expression on her face deterring any passersby from asking her what she was doing.

"Damn that Aiko, I help her sneak out of the school so that she can go to that shop she won't shut up about and she bloody ditches me!" Mimi stopped and looked around uncertainly, it took her a moment to realise that she had left the town centre behind and was completely lost. "Of all the thing to happen!" She turned down one of the dark alleys and saw a shop that she recognised at the other end. Feeling relieved she quickly started down the narrow path.

"Hello" the narrow alley was blocked as a figure stepped in front of her, stopping her progress. "You don't want to go that way" the man said as he tilted his head behind him, "not exactly the safest part of town."

"Oh right, thanks" Mimi turned and walked away, trying to put as much distance between the two of them as possible.

"Are you lost?"

"No!" Mimi practically jumped out of her skin as the man appeared behind her. "Yes" she said as she looked into his crystal white eyes. "Do you know the way back?"

"Of course" the man said as he put his hand on her back and lead her deeper into the darkening town, "I know this place like the back of my hand. What's your name?"

"Mimi, what's yours?"

"Mimi? That's an unusual name."

"Well I didn't pick it" Mimi huffed as she stormed ahead.

"Wait! I'm sorry" the man said apologetically as he caught up to her. "That was rude of me. My name is Ragan."

"That's a weird name" Mimi replied. Ragan laughed; even to her human nose the scent of blood was powerful as Mimi walked past another tiny black alley. "Oh my god! We have to call for help!" Mimi cried. She gagged reflexively when she saw the mess lying on the ground in front of her; a pale, mangled hand twitched as Aiko lifted her savaged head weakly and called out.

"Mimi?"

"Your friend didn't taste very nice" Mimi turned around slowly and found herself face to face with Ragan, "I got really pissed off by that so I decided to have some fun instead. I didn't think that taking her at all would bring another human to walk right into me." Mimi backed into the wall as he walked towards her.

"M-m-monster..."

"Hmm, you could say that" Ragan said as he pressed himself against her, Mimi tried to run, but she was caught by his eyes which had started to glow bright red, she couldn't move. "You do smell delicious" he breathed in her ear, her eyes widened in terror when she felt fangs brush against her neck.

"Let go!" She shouted as he wrapped one arm around her waist, her shouting was cut off when he covered her mouth with his other hand.

"Quiet" he said smoothly, "I don't want to be interrupted." She jerked violently as he sank his fangs into her neck, she whimpered as she felt blood run down her neck.

"Stop..."

OOO

Ragan licked his lips as the girl's body slumped to the floor, the only way she was ever getting up again was if there was a powerful necromancer in the area, which he doubted, those creatures were pretty much extinct now.

"Mimi..." Ragan turned back to the other girl, despite her body being ripped to shreds she was still trying desperately to reach her friend. "Mimi..."

"Shut up!" Ragan snarled as he lifted his foot and brought it down on the girls head, smashing her skull and snuffing out her life like putting out a candle. "Huh?" One of the girl's memories caught the vampire's attention immediately; a silver hair teenager falling out of a tree and coughing up blood all over the ground.

"Well, that's good news" Ragan smirked as more figures appeared out of the shadows around him, his loyal servants answering his summons. "We've found them."

What does Ragan have ta do with the twins... u'll have ta wait and see mwhahahaaaaaaaa lol.

Thanks 4 ur help with the names n stuff Stebbins Stella (i have to write that or she'll nag at me aaaalll day at school)

Does it say much about my mental health when i say that Ragan killing the two girls was the funnest and easiest part of this chapter to write?

Stebbins: i think that it means your a psychotic nutcase.

Me: but we knew that already!!!

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